October, 2008

What Is This Guide?
The IT Compliance Management Guide is a Solution Accelerator that can save you time and money by shifting your governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) efforts from people to technology. Using the configuration guidance can help you...

Are You Deploying System Center Configuration Manager?
If you are, then you'll find this NEW Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guide for Configuration Manager will be an invaluable resource. The guide enables you to quickly select which features...

I had a few comments and some emails this weekend that many of you were having problems registering the PIN from the Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional Kit. I have been informed there were some system problems this weekend. If you tried, and failed...

I haven't done any posts recently on Indian restaurants as I've not been on the road as much as I usually am. Since I was out to dinner the other night at one of my favorite Indian Restaurants in the Atlanta area, the Bombay Grill , I thought it was time...

Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 is a new management solution in the System Center family of IT systems management products specifically designed for midsize businesses (up to 500 PCs and 30 servers). Essentials provides: monitoring and alert resolution...

The Windows Small Business Server 2008 Best Practices Analyzer was just published last week. What exactly do the analyzer do? It will examine a server running Windows Small Business Server 2008 and provide a list of information and any errors...

Thought this was an amusing picture. I was driving past my local mall the other night and saw the information display showing their system has just finished running CHKDSK, successfully I might add, the C: volume is CLEAN!!! OK folks, its time to...

Overview The security update MS08-067 resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected system received a specially crafted RPC request. On Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows...

There are a lot of phishing scams out there at the moment. The reason I decided to post this is because I almost fell for one of the social networking scams. I was in Facebook the other day and what appeared to be an instant message from a friend popped...

On Monday Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. This is the next generation of Microsoft’s solution for managing the virtualized infrastructure. Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 is...

This has got to be the most crazy or most impressive project I've ever seen. Mr. Ken Imhoff saw the movie Cannonball Run seventeen years ago, I saw that same movie and in my case it nearly took away my will to live J , in his case, he fell in love with...

Get Hands-On With Virtualization—On Us!!! Attend the event that lets you touch, talk about, and experience Microsoft® virtualization solutions. Hear from Microsoft virtualization experts on how Microsoft uses virtualization in its own data...

Whether you're configuring a home or a small office workgroup, if you have Windows XP and Windows Vista machines in the workgroup you might have had problems getting them to see each other and access shared resources. This short screencast...

I was up in South Carolina with my daughter last weekend visiting with my ex-in-laws at their condo on the lake. I hadn't been up in a few months and was shocked at how low the lake had dropped. They had been out of town for a few weeks during which time...

If you haven't looked at the TechNet Virtual Labs site then you're really missing out on a great resource!! Today I want to point out whats available for the System Center family in particular. if you want to "kick the tires" without having to go through...

Many of you have attended our live TechNet events around the country and received the Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional Kit, which came with 32-bit media. You may recall I posted some information earlier this month talking about the Expired Pin Problems...

I thought in the current economic climate this article has some good pointers, although I'm not sure I'd agree with all of them. I'd like to add some other steps you might want to take if you're a Microsoft Technologist:
KNOWLEDGE: Have you updated...

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is an integrated platform with tools and guidance that make it easier for you to assess your current IT infrastructure and determine the right Microsoft technologies for your IT needs. It offers easy...

Are you working with System Center Operations Manager? Then download the Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Documentation .
The download includes the following System Center Operations Manager 2007 guides:
Operations Manager 2007 Operations...

Last week I was looking for a quick bite early one evening and decided for some reason to go to McD's. I don't know why, maybe it was a burger and fries craving and I just didn't want to drive anywhere. It's probably the first time I've been to one in...

Whether you're a network administrator or just starting out in the IT world, knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP is requirement. Download this just published, free online book TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows and have that information...

If you're doing any kind of virtualization work with Hyper-V Server 2008, then you might be interested in downloading the Hyper-V Server 2008 Setup and Configuration Tool Guide .
The guide has all the information you need to setup and configure Hyper...

Want to help us out with the new Virtual Lab based exams!!! This is NOT a normal beta exam and so make sure you read the information in BLUE below. This is a pilot to test the exam experience only.
Still interested? Then read on below!!
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